New Autobiography" Phenomenon in S. Dovlatov's Novel "The Zone

Evgeny M. Kolesov*, Liliya H. Nasrutdinova and Nadezhda V. Grishina
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Evgeny M. Kolesov*: Kazan Federal University, Kremliovskaya str, 18, 420008, Kazan, Russia
Liliya H. Nasrutdinova: Branch of Omsk State Pedagogical University in Tara city, Russia
Nadezhda V. Grishina: Branch of Omsk State Pedagogical University in Tara city, 1,000,000-5,000,000) 644099 Omsk Oblast, Russia

The Journal of Social Sciences Research, 2018, vol. 4, issue 1, 117-120

Abstract: The present paper analyzed problems of joint of biographical personality and the image of the author and studied concepts namely the "the image of the author", "autobiographical pact", "pseudo-documentalism", "autobiographism", and the "autopsycologism". Creating an entire composition from dozen of episodes (which were created as separate short stories), S. Dovlatov integrated them by fictional correspondence between the author and publisher where he interfered biographical facts as bases for his work, his attitude towards them, and thought about the literature and his situation in it. It was found that according to the pseudo-documentalism principle, the author created a document imitating the epistolary genre and achieved, thereby affected readers’ confidence. The present paper proved that in the novel “The Zone†the author distanced himself from the main character allowing us to talk about a prevailing autopsychological principle regarding the autobiographical principle. Not authenticity of facts, but the assonance of main character’s experience with author’s own experience in the foreground. In the style of Dovlatov, there is the assonance of main character’s experience with author’s own experience in the foreground.

Keywords: Image of the author; Pseudo-documentalism; Autobiographism; Autopsycologism; S. Dovlatov. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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